United
Nations Fourth World Conference on Women was held in September
1995 in Beijing, China and adopted the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action (BPfA) aimed at achieving greater
equality and advancing the situation of women and girls.
Five years after the Conference, women and men from around
the world gathered together for the United Nations General
Assembly Special Session, “Women 2000: Gender Equality,
Development and Peace for the 21st Century,” from
5 to 10 June, 2000 in New York. The goal of Beijing+5 was
to review and assess progress achieved and to consider future
actions for further implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking
Strategies for the Advancement of Women (adopted in 1985)
and the BPfA. The Beijing+5 Outcome Document strengthened
commitments to eradicate harmful traditional practices,
including so called ‘honour killings’, forced
marriages and female genital mutilation. Among other things,
it also called upon governments to eliminate gender discriminatory
legislation by 2005 and create greater access to affordable
treatment and care for women and girls living with HIV/AIDS.
Additionally, the outcome document showed an awareness of
the effects of globalization on women.
Gender Indicators for monitoring the implementation
of the Beijing Platform for Action on women in the ESCAP
region, 2003
Expert Group Meeting on Regional Implementation and
Monitoring of the Beijing Platform for Action and the
Outcome of the 23rd Special Session of the General Assembly,
2-4 December 2002, Bangkok, including Framework for
gender indicators and Proceedings
57th Commission Session adopts resolution on Beijing+5
The fifty-seventh session of the United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, held
from 19-25 April 2001 at the United Nations Conference
Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, adopted a resolution to
follow up on the Fourth World Conference on Women and
the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the
General Assembly.
Post Beijing plus 5: Regional follow-ups - Expert
Group Meeting to Strategize on the Regional Implementation
of the Outcome Document of the Global Review of the
Beijing Platform for Action, 30 November and 1 December
2000
Beijing Platform for Action Regional review, High
Level Intergovernmental Meeting to review the regional
implementation of the Beijing Declaration and the Platform
for Action (regional Beijing+5), 23rd UNGASS, Bangkok,
26-29 October 1999
